G. Lauder Greenway
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G. Lauder Greenway was a prolific patron of the arts in the 20th century, especially the opera where he was the longtime chairman of the Metropolitan Opera Association. He was also the director of the
Lauder Greenway Estate
Metropolitan Opera House
Home of the Philharmonic
James B. Duke House
Ailsa Mellon Bruce
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Ailsa Mellon Bruce was a prominent American socialite and philanthropist who established the Avalon Foundation.
G. Lauder Greenway
…and was elected secretary of the board in 1940 and 1941. Greenway never married and died childless, though was in a long rumored relationship with Ailsa Mellon Bruce after her divorce from David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce. Mrs. Bruce's father was banker Andrew W. Mellon, the CEO of Mellon Bank, who was instrumental in…
Ailsa Mellon in 1923
Portrait by Philip de László, 1926